writePlainText

Writes plain text with context-aware formatting

writePlainText

Summary

Writes plain text with context-aware formatting

Signature

protected writePlainText(text: string, context: IMarkdownEmitterContext): void;

Parameters

text

Type:string

The text to write

context

Type:IMarkdownEmitterContext

Emission context (includes bold/italic state)

Returns

Type:void

Writes plain text with context-aware formatting

Remarks

This method handles the complex logic of inserting markdown formatting markers (bold **, italic _) while avoiding ambiguous sequences. Processing steps: 1. Split text into [leading whitespace, content, trailing whitespace] 2. Write leading whitespace as-is 3. Check if a separator is needed before formatting markers 4. Apply bold/italic markers if requested 5. Write escaped content 6. Close bold/italic markers 7. Write trailing whitespace as-is Separator logic: When transitioning between formatted spans (e.g., **bold***italic*), we need a zero-width separator to prevent parser ambiguity. The separator is inserted unless the previous character is safe (empty, newline, space, [, or >).